Re: [Ltru] BCP 47, RFC 5646 on Tags for Identifying Languages

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Fri, 04 September 2009 22:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ltru] BCP 47, RFC 5646 on Tags for Identifying Languages
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rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org scripsit:

> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> 
>         BCP 47        
>         RFC 5646

Well, I'm sure glad it's out, but couldn't we have gotten, like,
RFC 5656 instead?  Much cooler.

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